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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COIBORNE. ONT. DEC. 5, 1957 TWO SCENTS' WORTH-Just the right size for a fragrant inspection of floral beauty are these half-pint flower-fancier* in Rome, Italy. The giant chrysanthemums were on exhibition. They're traditionally dedicated to the dead in Italy. THEFABM FROM |orm12imeli Bear Arrested For Stopping Traffic There is a bewildering choice of hairdressings for men these Says, and it is difficult to decide ivhich is best. This wasn't so in Victorian times when men re-:ognized only one superior dres-:ing -- bear grease. And if you were in the habit of being attended by a really 'West End" barber, you would know that he prepared his own supplies. *~ Large numbers of bears were brought to this"country in those days for sale to better-class hairdressers. One such barber, in order to attract customers, made a great ieal of this side of his activities. Three times a week a van drew lp outside his shop and a large :age was unloaded. Then a notice was hung outside the shop saying that another bear had arrived and when he would be killed. Meantime, it was turned loose in an area beside the shop, in full view of the passers-by. All kinds of bears -- black, brown and grey -- spent a day or so here before going to their doom. These bears were a great attraction for the children of the neighbourhood, who used to come along and feed them through the railings. On each afternoon following the arrival of a bear, a large crowd would gather for the execution because, although they were not allowed to see it, they heard plenty. Shortly before the appointed time the poor victim was driven in from the yard. Then, after a short interval, the most blood-curdling screams and groans came forth. The barber and his assistants must then have worked fast, for within a very short time the head and skin of the bear was exhibited in the shop window, with an announcement that another bear had been killed for grease. Then a van would draw up and the empty cage would be brought out, to be driven back to the docks to fetch another bear, which would arrive on the folic'ring day. The barber used a lot of bear grease; trade was good, because clients knew they were getting fresh grease. This went on for years, but the children who came to feed the bears knew something that ORATOR -- "And in conclusion, let me say" . . this cat seems to be shouting as it gestures dramatically. The amusing study won a prize for photographer Dr. B. F. Ferreira of Bombay, India, in a Popular Photography magazine contest. they kept to themselves. Each bear, no matter what its colour, had only one eye, its coat invariably had a moth-eaten appearance, and it had a broken tooth--always the same one. And in spite of the barber's contention that they were all savage, requiring elaborate precautions when he fed them with meat held on the end of a long stick, the children knew that in fact they were all quite tame, but very hungry. They had no fear of putting their hands through the railings to feed them. Then, one day, the secret was out. No bear had in fact ever been killed in the barber's shop. The old half-starved brown bear in the yard had been there for years as the innocent stock-in-trade of the barber's regular deceptions. But what of the death screams and groans? These, is was learned, were made by a fishmonger appropriately named "Leather-mouthed Jammy" because of his incredibly powerful voice. It was Jammy who gave the game away when for some reason the barber refused to pay him his customary fee of five shillings! For centuries, travelling entertainers with performing bears were familiar figures in all the cities and towns of Europe. Only when the public conscience became aroused against cruelty to animals did they gradually disappear. On one occasion, two Frenchmen showing a large brown bear in Britain got into trouble with the police and were sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Now, although it was quite easy to lock the men away, the bear was a bit of a problem. He resolutely refused to be separated from them, so for the first night all three occupied the same cell. By the following morning London Zoo had agreed to look after the bear until the men were released. After a great deal of trouble the bear was enticed into a bus specially chartered for the purpose, and was chained and muz-' zled. But the bus didn't get far, for the bear in Wesperation had broken a window and climbed out. He couldn't get completely away because he was still on the end of the chain, but no one dared approach the roaring Finally the owners had to be fetched out of jail to take thair bear to the Zoo under escort, after which they returned to complete their sentence. During 1891 and 1892 a small brown bear was regularly exhibited in the streets of London. It became very popular and great crowds would often collect to see it, completely blocking the street. As obstruction is an offence against the law, the policeman on duty in the vicinity had no option but to arrest the bear and its owner. Together they would spend the night in a cell, and in the morning were brought befare the magistrates. Occasionally a fine was deemed necessary, but usually the pair were dismissed with a caution. The bear, an extremely likeable creature, had already won the hearts of all the police at the station and on one occasion the constable responsible for arresting him even made a collection for his benefit! HARD TIMES EVERYWHERE Bill: "I can't imagine what Joe does with his money. He was short yesterday and he is short again today." Fred: "Is he trying to borrow from you?" Bill: "No. I'm trying to bor- Farm housewives, like thek1 city sistres, take some tall "selling" to be convinced that food prices haven't gone skyrocketing. In fact, it's doubtful if a persuasive illuminated display entitled "Food Is a Good Buy" made any converts at all among the farm women who sat around it in a hotel lot by here wheva their own organization, the Illinois Agricultural Association, was meeting. This was not the fault of the display. It was an effective piece of promotion. Beautifully colored transparencies showed tempting pork chops, platters of fried eggs, nolden-brown fried chicken, and otner edibles. Attached ta each was a legend telling how many fewer minutes of labor it took to serve the dish to a family of four in 1956 than it did in the 1945-49 period, using the same type of labor as a measuring stock. For example, the display" said it took 25.J minutes of work to buy thz ehiclisn in the earlier period, but dnly 14.6 minutes in 1956. Pork chops were 1H minutes cheaper in 1956, eggs 14 1 minutes eheapsr a dozen, Dorothy KahnJaffe, special correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor writes from Chicago. » « * But every farm woman to ^hom this reporter spoke was of the opinion that grocery and butcher-shop prices are too high. Some protested mildly, some vigorously. Some blamed excessive packaging, some too much middleman profit. Some argued that if farmers got better prices for their hogs, rising retail prices wouldn't matrer; the trouble, they said, was lack of balance. But whatever the reason, it wai plain that farm women are disturbed .ibout the rising costs of meat and groceries. Costs of clothing don't seem to concern them much. Most farm women can handle a sewing machine, and when store clothes are too high, many of them make their own. You might think they could do the same with food -- produce their own when store prices are too high -- but it doesnt seen to work out that way. Mrs. Delia J Barr of Rankia, 111., here with her husband for the convention, discussed thii matter in t hot*! lobby conversation. ' I suppose the farmer is somewhat to Warns, tor paying high prices in the stores when ne. could produce more himself," she said. "Farmers used to mi'k their own cows. Now we go to the store and pay a high price for milk. "But on a farm like ours :;t' wouldn't pay us to have a few cows. We would have to install such expensive equipment if we were to pasteurize it and meet requirements for selling Grade A milk. We'd have to put in what they call a "milking parlor." We couldn't afford to do that. So we buy etur milk in town. All the same, there's too much difference between the farm and the bottle." , „ ' Other comments on the rising living costs by persons attending this convention: Mrs. Howard C. Locke, of Fair-view, 111.: "What do I think about the cost of meat and groceries? j "You couldn't print, what I think. We are paying too much for fancy packager. We know what it costs to produce food of different kinds, and it's hard to go to the store and pay for the labor that went into boxes and vrappings when all we want is the food. Now we are getting meat wrapped for the refrigerator oi freezer. I tell my butcher I want to buy meat, not paper. "Five or six years ago we decided we weren't going to spend se much for processing and packaging so we began butchering eur own hogs and calves. We got a freezer and now we process our own meat. But we're still spending a lot for the things we buy for the home. I'm working to add to our income -- chief "cook at tha grade school." Mrs. Don Maulding, Casey, 111.: "The dollar doesn't go is far as it should. You have to pay so much for staples, the things you just have to buy, such as sugar, flour, coffee, and tea. There's too much difference between what you get for your wheat and what you pay for your flour. "Now When it comes to clothes it isn't so bad. I was a 4-H Club girl and I learned how to sew. Now I make shirts for the tw^ boys in school, and clothes for the two little ones at home, also my own dresses. This way yc can really keep down costs. "But wheri it comes to farm supplies, there's nothing you can do about it.'Thi cost of machinery and parts -- especially parts -- is terrific, it doesn't balance out with what you get for your crops and livestock." Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Buch-man of Fairfield, III, both insisted prices were too high. Mr. Buchman had this to say: "We can't keep up with tne price of machinery. Every time you turn around the cost of steel goes up and machinery with it. Food is high in comparison with ths prices the farmer receives. We sell our wheat and corn and buy it back in flour and breakfast food. We sell it cheap and buy it at a high price. This ought to be better balanced." * * * Mrs. Orville Leischner of Gif-ford, Ind., said she thought farm women were wearing their clothes longer because of rising living costs and the decline in hog prices. But they manage to keep up their appearance by buying good quality garment?, she said. Through home demonstration work they have learned much about judging quality in merchandise. This helps them to get more for their dollars. ■ She added an optimistic note: 'Women have more household appliances on the farm than they did formerly and in many ways are Irving more comfortably, I guess we shouldn't complain. Were better off than we were years ago. Now if we only got a little bettei- price for our hogs . . ."* , , Practically all the women attending the convention gave the impression of being well dressed and up to date, as did their husbands. Despite the rising costs, they appear to be managing their dollars well. First 8-Hour Day In most of the western world September 1st, or the first Monday in September is celebrated as Labour Day. In New Zealand, however, this celebration occurs on the first Monday in October, and the reason goes back over a century. On September 17, 1839 a sailing ship left London for New Zealand, carrying as a passenger Samuel Parnell, a carpenter by trade, who was bitterly opposed to the long working days then prevailing in England. When he arrived in New Zealand, the agent of a British shipping company asked him to build a storehouse. Parnell agreed to do the job on one condition--that he would only work eight hours a day. The agent argued. Parnell replied to the effect that eight of the 24 hours should be devoted to work, eight to sleep and eight to recreation --"take it or leave it." In due course the eight-hour day became established in New England and elsewhere. This is the occasion celebrated in New Zealand every October. Upsidedown to Prew/t Peeking 3 3 a all's s 0 d S s n i i sa 3 a V N V a V 2 a|3 a s 1 3 1 n -MV W a 3!a c S 3 3 a ooma AO p -l 3 n 3 j. Hp 1 1 a k 3 ■ l 3 a 3 i| V 3 A3 W V 1 3| a I d via. ti s 1 9 lis i I ap 3|S d aya s wm a o "ftv a V 31 v dv lo a 0 i|n tMv Jl 1 a v -U i 3 vU By Rev R. Barclay Warren B.A., B.D. That I May Know Christ; Philippians 3:4-14, 20-21. Memory Selection: I count at things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. Philippians 3:8. It was another car accident. The youth was thrown 80 feet. During the weeks in hospital ha did some serious thinking. H* tells it this way: "I saw life differently. I thought about God and His purpose in sparing my life. I can't say I'm a Christian but I'm doing a lot more thinking about Christianity." As this young man thinks and talks about Christianity he is coming to know more about Christ. There is a difference. To know Christ we must submit to Him. Saul of Tarsus entered into fellowship with Jesus Christ when, on the way to Damascus, he humbly said, "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" W« only come into the knowledge of Christ as we receive Him as Lord of our life. We know Christ by wholly trusting in Him. Saul no longer boasted of his being a descendant of Abraham and of his blameless observance of the Mosaic law. He counted all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus his Lord. Saul's commitment to Christ was only the beginning Of an ever enriching experience. Whila he treasured the memory of the experience on the Damascus road, he was ever on the stretch to know more of Christ. He learned much through suffering. He was willing to die for his Lord. Hs was always looking, forward ta completely fulfilling the task to which God had called him. He lived in a way that made men think of heaven. He was strengthened by the hope of meeting his returning Lord in the glory of resurrection. It is a great lesson. The reading of it lifts the soul. If ws follow Paul's example it will not be said of us as is true of most people today: "The world is too much with us: lata and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste oui powers." --William WordswOrtk Candles are a traditional par, of the Christmas season, but il dripping wax is a problem here's an easy way to get aroun< the difficulty. Just give thl candles a coat of clear nail polish They'll burn beautifully withou' mess. YOU FLUNK--These ars rubber surgical" glovss being tested for leaks at the University of Michigan Hospital. The glove in lh« foreground is a dud which leaks and will be discorded. Hundreds of gloves are tested on the machine daily. ATOMIC APPLES? - A normal apple, left, is con trusted with two deformed ones from an orchard in Hutchinson, Kansas. Orchardist Earl Stoughton reports that the fruit from all the trees bore some irregularity in shape this year, and ont tree produced apples which ranged from twins to quadruplets on one stem, it's the first time in his 30 years at the orchard that anything like it has happened, says Stoughton, and hs suspsctj that "fall-out" from atomic bomb tests may have something to do with it.